30 May 2016
Change is a constant the insurance industry understands well. The industry’s profitability has always been dependent on how acutely it understands its customers, the communities in which they live and work, and the economic and regulatory environment in which insurers operate…
23 May 2016
The double dissolution of Federal Parliament may have put an end to the crucial Senate inquiry into non-confirming building products for now. But the message from the Economics References Committee is clear – this important piece of work must be finished or the safety of Australians is at risk…
16 May 2016
Insurance pricing may have finally hit the bottom, according to Standard & Poor’s – but don’t expect significant rises any time soon…
09 May 2016
Insurers counting their multimillion-dollar losses from the collapse of Perth-based authorised representative company Winley in April may have been unwittingly bankrolling an amazing global event organised by the couple accused of emptying Winley’s broker trust fund.
02 May 2016
It usually pays to be ahead of the game, and Suncorp’s $US5 million investment in US-based technology developer Trov could be the shape of things to come…
26 April 2016
The Federal Government’s $127 million reform package to strengthen the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has been widely welcomed…
18 April 2016
Aon’s Terrorism and Political Violence Risk Map shows an overall increase in risk for the first time in three years…
11 April 2016
The collapse of Winley Insurance Group in Perth was a major talking point among insurers last week. And no wonder; some of them have found themselves millions of dollars out of pocket. But it’s the manner in which they discovered they had been dudded that has set alarm bells ringing…
04 April 2016
As many Australians know to their cost, building a dream home can easily turn into a nightmare…
21 March 2016
Insurance fraud clearly needs to be tackled. After all, who wants to pay more in premiums to subsidise swindlers…
14 March 2016
The proportion of SME businesses using insurance brokers appears to have stabilised, halting a worrying shift to the direct market – but that doesn’t mean brokers can rest on their laurels…
07 March 2016
The cost of natural disasters in Australia is now predicted to soar way beyond previous estimates, and the message is simple: we must do more to prepare…
29 February 2016
The general insurance market continues to be a tricky place to operate, but Australia’s listed insurers and broker cluster groups appear to be rising to the challenge…
22 February 2016
Bushfires are an indelible part of the Australian environment…
15 February 2016
Any hope that the new year would bring a change in fortunes for depressed renewal rates quickly evaporated when the crucial January treaties were finalised…
08 February 2016
Nobody likes a faltering economy, but business and professional associations have a particular dread of slowing trading conditions and shaky confidence…
01 February 2016
Last year was extremely tough for Australian general insurers – and this one won’t exactly be a walk in the park…
14 December 2015
As a challenging and eventful year draws to a close, insurance industry leaders will go to their annual breaks with Christmas wish lists full of gifts to help make 2016 a little less challenging and eventful…
07 December 2015
Telling consumers exactly what their policy covers them for, and what it doesn’t, seemed like such a good idea when it was first mooted in 2001…
30 November 2015
It may not feel like it in the current market, but the future for insurance premium growth is bright…